A couple weeks ago I stared at The Evening Sun website one afternoon, frustrated that it had been over a week since any of my reporters had blogged. “What’s so hard about putting a few cohesive paragraphs of original thought together once in a while?” I asked myself.

“Self,” I said, “you haven’t blogged in almost a year.”

And I was right; I hadn’t. The whole blogging thing is only a few years old on evesun.com, but even I found myself “saving” the good stuff for my weekly column, which I then proceeded not to write, as well.

So at that very moment of epiphany, I decided to employ the rarely used “Lead by example” method of management (I’ve always been a fan of “Do as I say, not as I do,” to great effect) and commit myself to blogging every day. And with the exception of my Fridays off (which are soon, sadly, to end), that’s exactly what I’ve done.

For those of you who don’t frequent Facebook or The Evening Sun website, you’re missing out on my daily doses of infinite wisdom and perhaps more importantly, a tad of insight into what goes on in the ES newsroom (and my head) on a daily basis. So I thought I’d use some print space today to give you a sampling of what you may have missed. If you like, check me out daily at evesun.com ... just click on my little blog face at the bottom of the page.

9/20/10

• Puzzlement of the Day: A new business that didn’t want a reporter to interview them for a story because they wanted to keep things “low key.” There’s a brilliant strategy: Don’t let people know you’re in business! “For Rent” sign going up in six months.

9/21/10

• Had our first (and only) official meeting of the Christmas Parade Committee today at Denny’s. Linda Green’s got that thing running like a well-oiled machine after 16 years – she barely needs our help. Circle your calendars for Nov. 27 (that’s the Saturday after Thanksgiving). It’s bound to be another “Christmas to Remember,” even if the Dairy Princess float doesn’t burst into flames again this year.

9/22/10

• E-mail of the Day: From a New York State Trooper, the subject line of which was “Test.” The body? “DO NOT RESPOND.” Yes Ma’am!

9/23/10

• Did you know that it takes me approximately 25 minutes every other Thursday to download the next two weeks’ batch of comics from four different websites? See all the fascinating little tidbits you’ll learn from reading this blog every day?